Sex Offender Arrested For Videotaping Woman At OC Tanning Salon

MISSION VIEJO (CBS) — A registered sex offender on parole was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly videotaped a woman at a tanning salon in Mission Viejo, a sheriff’s department official said.

Johnny Guy Leyva, 33, was taken into custody at his mother’s home in Mission Viejo for alleged parole violation and having a concealed camera, a felony, said Jim Amormino of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

A 25-year-old woman “entered a tanning room, took off her clothes” and was lying down when she noticed “two hands over an adjoining 8-foot wall,” Amormino said. The hands were holding a camera.

The woman got dressed, notified an employee at the business and later confront the man with the camera, said Amormino. The man wound up playing the video for the woman, who demanded he delete images of her, which he apparently did, according to Amormino.

Investigators subsequently learned that the man was a regular customer at the tanning salon. They also learned that he was required to wear a GPS tracking device, said Amormino.

Deputies used the tracking device to locate the suspect at his mother’s home.

According to Amormino, Leyva has at least one prior conviction for possession of child pornography.

Because he was a regular at the tanning salon, authorities are investigating if he victimized other customers there, said Amormino.

big logic explained it best, but i’ll add to it….having a camera is not a crime, unless of course it’s an illegal camera, or the specific venue prohibits one.. But USING a camera to commit a crime, IS in fact a crime. Your logic is bunk. Otherwise i could stick my camera in your a** and it wouldn’t be considered illegal. It’s like guns, most arent illegal but most can be used in an illegal manner. With anything, its the user and abuser more than it is the tool they’re using.

A camera is basically an eye that hold images. If being a peeping Tom is a crime, then by extension, using a camera for the same purpose is a criminal act. It all depends upon the venue in which the camera is being used.